Science News looks at new research revisiting an old idea – that mass extinctions have something to do with reversals in Earth’s magnetic fields. The two phenomena are looking… Read the rest “Scientists suspect magnetic fields in mass extinctions.”
EurekAlert! posts a report on the study in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research called “Getting Conservatives and Liberals to Agree on the COVID-19 Threat,”… Read the rest “Lehigh study probes why COVID-19 gets different responses from conservatives and liberals.”
From the ESA Image Gallery, dated 28 Aug 2020, comes an image of a portion of the Cygnus supernova, a blast wave 2400 light-years distant from a dying star 20 times larger … Read the rest “Science Art: At the edge of the blast, Hubble Space Telescope, 2020.”
How could it stay hidden? Science magazine celebrates the first big reef discovery in 120 years… and it really is big:
… Read the rest “We just discovered a reef taller than a skyscraper.”At 500 meters tall, the reef surpasses the height of the Empire
XKCD’s Randall Munroe, writing now for The New York Times, explores a scientific mystery more baffling than quantum physics – what makes sand feel softer or harder:
… Read the rest “The mystery of sand.”If you
New Scientist looks at the origins of life – which may be revealed by a ring-shaped molecule we just found on Saturn’s moon Titan:
… Read the rest “Molecular ring on Titan could be key to life on Earth.”The molecule is called cyclopropenylidene
A new beginning, from Elements of Philippine Agriculture on archive.org (though I found it on Flickr Commons).
Big Think has a piece on a NASA concept to convert atmosphere – and specifically, the gases we animals exhale – into protein powder like folks put in their smoothies:
… Read the rest “A Finnish company is making food out of air – CO2 & water, to be precise.”A company
Archaeology wonders about the original purpose of a pair of snub-nosed figurines excavated from a Bronze Age hillfort in northern Europe. Were they religious relics or children’s… Read the rest “Puzzling pair of Polish pigs from 3,500 years ago.”
Science magazine takes us inside the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) Upgrade, an experimental fusion reactor which has been switched on after a 7-year build and revamping. Ultimately,… Read the rest “The UK has powered up an unusual fusion reactor.”
This is a machine for cutting through rock in a swamp. Or really, in a very broad, very shallow river – which is what the Everglades really is. The rock in question would… Read the rest “Science Art: Close-up view of a rock cutter in the Everglades Drainage District, c. 1920”
Science explains the odd irony behind the fact that the cutest birds – the ones gazing out at you with those big eyes – are also the ones in the most imminent danger from chopping… Read the rest “Birdies with the big, cute eyes are in the most danger from deforestation.”
Science News celebrates a long-shot success in space, as NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe is steered close enough to the asteroid Bennu to grab a piece to take home:
… Read the rest “Our spaceship just grabbed a piece of asteroid.”“The spacecraft did everything
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A scene from the Devonian period, before dinosaurs ever emerged to rumble the earth. This lobe-finned fish measured between 8 and 15 feet long, and swam in freshwater rivers… Read the rest “Science Art: Hyneria, by ABelov2014”
SONG: “Bang, You’re Misled”
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on Defense One, 2 Oct 2020, “Can AI Detect Disinformation? A New Special Operations Program May Find… Read the rest “SONG: Bang, You’re Misled”
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